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ID: 901002267
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002267
Record Type: Character/Person

Sthiracakra (Buddhist deity)

Note: Buddhist deity, may hold in one hand a swoard that spreads rays, destroying darkness and ignorance.

Names:
Sthiracakra (Buddhist deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
........<Buddhist characters> (P)
............Sthiracakra (Buddhist deity) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Buddhist
.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Sthiracakra (Buddhist deity)
................Bhattacharyya, Indian Buddhist Iconography (1924)

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